In this large painting the fourth and final Horseman, Death, Durand depicts the death of Death symbolised by the overturned skeletal horse. The scene is after the bombing of Hiroshima. A Torii gate traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to sacred can be seen in the distance. Souls emerge from the skeleton and float upwards.
The Pale Horse of Death-Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the text source: When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Size: 3500px × 2140px
Location: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Photo credit: © André Durand / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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